Lock



Sept. 22, 1936. VM, GASSTRM 2,055,197

l Loox- 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed March 13, 1935 ATTORNEY.

sept. 22, 1936. l

H. M." Ass'rRoM LOCK Filed March 13, 1935 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 22, '1936 t 'UNITED STATES PATENT ori-ICE 1 5Claims.

'This invention relates to i lock. The object of the invention is the production of a lock for a swinging door, by which the latter is tightly clamped in place when closed.

The second object of the invention is the production of a lock, specially for the door of a moving vehicle like an automobile, by means of which said door `is prevented rattling when closed, and specially when the vehicle is moving.

The third object of the invention is the production of a lock for a swinging door, by means of which the door can be opened or closed by means on its opposite sides.

The fourth object of the invention is the production of a lock for a swinging door which can be opened or closed by means on its opposite sides,

and in which one of said means can be' positioned to prevent the other means functioning.

The essential objects of the invention are attained with a lock having a lock bolt which can be swung and at the same time laterally moved when functioning with the keeper for the lock.

Fig. 1 represents an elevation of a door with its jamb and the improved lock connected thereto; Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1 viewed from the opposite direction; Fig. 3 shows an enlarged inside elevation of `the lock and its appurtenances; Fig. 4 show s a section on the line 4.4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a section of Fig. 3 on the line 5.5; Fig. 6 represents a section of Fig. 4 on the line 6.6 Fig. 'i indicates a section on the line 1.1 of Fig. 3 when the door is completely closed; Fig. 8 shows a section similar to Fig. '7

before the door is completely closed; Fig..

9 indicates a section on the line 9.9 of Fig. 3; Fig. l0 represents a section of Fig. 3 on the line IILIB; Fig. 11 is a section of Fig. 3 on the line lLI l; Fig. 12 is a fragmentary portionof Fig. 3, with a modication; Fig. 13 shows a section as on the circular line I3- of Fig. 12 and Fig. 14 represents a section of Fig. 13 on the line l4.`l4.

In the drawings the jamb of a door is indicated at 26 having the cavity 2| with the inner face 22', the projecting portion 23 similar in shape to the keeper to be now described.

Ihe triangular shaped keeper for the improved lock is indicated at 26 having the' bottom face 29, 'the inclined upper face having the portions 3l)V and 3| with the locking face 32 between them, and the locking seat having thefvertical falce 33 and the bottom face 34 at the rear end of the keeper.`

The keeper 26 is fastened-to the .lamb 20 by the screws 48. A' stop 3l' is fastened to the .lamb 20. l y

A fragmentary portion of a-swin'ging door is indicated in its entirety by the numeral 40 and is shown with its outer face 4l, the cavity 42 and ythe opening 4-3.

The housing of the lock is indicated in its 5V entirety by the numeral 45 and is positioned within the cavity 42. The said housing com` prises the main .member 46,y having the inner face 46a and the outer face 41a and is fastened to the door 40 by the screws 41h. 'I'he member 10 46 has extending' from one side thereof and at right angles thereto the flange 46, which latter is fastened to the swinging .end of the door by screws 49. The flange 46 has the opening 56 and the supplemental ilange 5l. member 46 are indicated the openings 52 for the screws 41h to fasten the member 46 to the door 40. Openings 54 are also formed in the main member 46. Stop lugs 55, 56, 51, and 58 are pressed out from the member, 46 and the pair of 20 clamping lugsv 59 are pressed out from the member 446.

The cover of i the housing `45 comprises the main member 60, parallel to and spaced from the member 46 and has the iianges 6| and 62 ex- 25 tending at right angles thereto. The inner face of the member 60 is shown at 63 and the outer face is shown at 63a. Lugs 64 integral with the flanges 6l and 62 extend through the openings 54 of the main member 46. The main members 30 46 and 6U are clamped in operative position by the pivot bolt 68. A washer 691s interposed between the head of the bolt 66 and the member 46 and a washer 'l0 is interposed between the member 60 and the nut 'Il of the bolt 68.

With the main member 46 are formed the tapering cam cavities 14 having the walls 15 which are arcuate in cross section as indicated at 16,

Fig. 4, and taper upwardly from their peaks 11a to their crowns as indicated at 11, Fig. '1. The@ peaks 11a are adjacent to one of the faces of a lock bolt to be described and the crowns 11 are Y distant therefrom.

The main member 60 has formed therewith oppositely positioned tapered cam cavities 84, which 4,5

wardly from their peaks 81a to their crowns as a indicated at 81, Fig. 7. 'I'he peaks 81a are ad- 50 a jacent to the other face of the lock bolt and the crowns 81 are distant therefrom.

Between the main members 46 and 6I is rotatively positioned the disc shaped lock bolt 8l having the inner face 89- and the outer parallel 55 In the main 15 .of the screws |2I.

bears on the outer face 4| of the door 40 and is v .fastened thereto by the bolts |25. The bracket in the depressed portion |59.

face 90. The said lock bolt 38 is supported on the pivot bolt 53 and has integral therewith the locking nose 9| .having the bottom face '9|a and the operating noses 92 and 93. The latter nose is shown with the heel 94. In one face .of the lock bolt 33 are indicated the semi-spherical cavities 95 for supporting the balls 39, and in the other face of the lock bolt 88 are formed the semispherical cavities 91 for supporting the balls 98. The cavities 95 are preferably positioned between the cavities 91. The locking nose 9| is adapted 'to extend through the opening 50.

An operating lever |00 is indicated having the main `member |0| with the ange |02 at right angles thereto at one side and the short flange |03 at its longitudinal edge |04. The member |0| of the lever |00 bears against the inner face 49aI of the main member 43 of the housing 45, and theedge |04 of the lever |00 is adaptedto bear against the stop lug 55.- A depressed portion |03 is made in the member |0|, which engages the opening |01 in the member 43. U- shaped lugs |03 extend from the depressed portion |03 and engage the perimeter of the open- `ing |01. A square shaped opening |'|0 is indicated in the depressed portion |03.

An outside operating handle, ||4 has integral therewith the stem ||5. A square shank" ||3 extends through the opening 43 in the door 40 and through the square opening ||0. The shank ||5 has integral therewith the flange collar ||1 and from the latter extends the hub H8. A threaded shank I|9 extends from the hub |'|8 and is in threaded engagement with the stem ||5. A cup shapedcover bracket is fastened to the member 43 over the opening |01, by means A cup shaped bracket |25 has formed therein the circular opening |21 which engages the hub ||8.

e A plate spring is positioned upon the inner face of the main member 49 of the housing 45, rand one side of a portion |3|` of said spring bears against the flange |03, and the other side of a portion of said spring |30 bears against the stop lug 53. The said spring, |30 at one end is engaged by the rivet |34 which extends through the member 49.

A spiral spring |40 having the outer flat end |4| and the inner flat end |42, bears on the inner face of the member 49 'of the housing 45. The

flat end |4| bears against the heel 94 of the nose 83, and the fiat-end |42 is clamped between the clamping lugs 59.

A second operating lever |50 is indicated having the main member |5| with.- the longitudinal flange |52 at right angles theretovat one side thereon/fand. the end iianges |53 and |54 at one end the/reef: The member y|5| of the lever |50 bears against the inner face of the main member 45 of the housing 45 and one edge of the lever |50 is adapted to bear against the stop lug 51.

A depressed portion |53 is formed in the member |5| and engages an opening |51 in the member 49. From the depressed portion |59 extend the U-shaped lugs |53 that engage the perimeter of the opening |51. A square opening |90 is` made A cup shaped bracket having the circularl opening |93 is fastened to the member 49 by means of the screws |51.

An inside operating' handle |38 is shown with the stem |99, to which latter is connected the square shank. |12, which extends through the square opening |90. The said shank |12 which the rivet |8|. The swinging end |32 of said spring is adapted to bear against either the Aiange |53 or |54. Referring to the modification indicated in Figs. 12, 13 and 14, the disc shaped lock bolt similar to 33, is indicated at 03a. Tapering projections |00 extend from one face of the bolt 33a and similar oppositely positioned tapering projections |05 extend from the opposite face of said bolt. The main member of the housing of the lock b olt similar to 43 is indicated at 49:6. Tapering cavities 14a are indicatedf in the member 492:. The main member of the cover of the housing for the lock bolt 38a is shown at 90a. Tapering cavities 84a. oppositely positioned to the cavities 14a but similar thereto are indicated for the main cover 30a.

In the drawings the door is indicated in its closed position with the lock bolt 33 having its outer face 90 bearing against the vertical face 33 of the locking seat of the keeper 23 as indicated in Figs. 4 and 6.4 In this position the outer face 41a of the main member 43 of the housingl abuts against the stop 39, and the door 40 is securely locked in its closed position and is prevented from rattling. The end |4| of the spiral spring |40 abuts against the heel 94 of the nose 93 of the lock bolt 88 to maintain the latter in locked position. The lock bolt 83 in this position bears against the inner face 33 of. the main member of the cover of the housing of the lock. The balls 99 and 93 at the closed position of the door are respectively located in their cam cavities 14 and 34 as indicated in Fig. 7, that is to say. the balls 99 are at the peaks 11a, and the balls 93 are at the crowns 31.

If the lock is to be opened from the outside, the second operating lever .|50 must be positioned in its lowere'd position as indicated in full lines in Fig. 3, and the operating handle ||4 is turned in the direction of the arrow A, Fig. 1, and thereby the operating lever |00 is swung in the same direction as indicated by the arrow A, Fig. 3.

The ilange |02 of the operating lever |00 will' bear against the nose 92 of the lock bolt 83 and the latter will be turned in the direction of the arrow C, Fig. 3. and the locking nose 9| of the lock bolt 93 rises out of contact with the face 33 `oi. the keeper 23.r` The direction of the movement of the lock b'olt 38 in Fig. l is indicated by the arrow D'. At the same time the balls 98 move from the crowns 81 of the cam cavities 84 to the peaks 31a, and. the balls 33 move from the peaks 11a to the crowns 11 of the cam cavities 14 as indicated in Fig. 8. By the coaction of the b alls with the camcavities 34, as just described, the lock bolt 33 as it swings in the direction of the'arrow C, Fig. 3 moves laterally in the direction of the arrow E, see Fig. 4, and the door 40 can be easily swung open as indicated by thearrow O, Fig. 4.

When the door A4|! is in its closed position the aucuns? tains thev operating lever |00 in its rfised position when not actuated lby the operating handle.

If the second operating lever |59 is located in the position indicated in the dotted lines in Fig. 3, the door' can not be swung open from the outside by means of the operating handle I Il.

After the door is open the tension ofthe spring |40 automatically locates the lock bolt 88 in the position indicated in Fig. 3. When the door is swung to its closed position without the use of thevoperating handle the lock bolt 88 approaches the keeper 28, the bottom face 9Ia of the nose 9| slides up the inclined face 30 and then drops to the inclined face 3| and slides up the latter until seated in the seat having the faces 33 and 34. When the lock bolt 88 is being seated as just described, it swings in a direction opposite to the arrow C, Fig. 3 and opposite to the arrow D, Fig. 7. By the coaction of the balls 96 with the cam cavities 'I4 the said balls 96 move from the crowns Il to the peaks 11a and the door moves laterally in the direction of the arrow E,

by virtue of which the door 4|] is positioned with the outer face 41a of the member 46 bearing against the stop 39. 'Ihe door may also be closed by using the operating handle H4 or |68.

If the door is in its closed position as indicated in Fig. 4 and it is to be swung open from the inside, the operating handle |68 is swung in the direction of the arrow M, Fig. 2, to swing the operating 4lever |50 in the direction of the arrow M, Fig. 3, by reason of which the longitudinal ilange |52 bears against the nose 93 of the lock bolt 88 and the latter turns in the direction of the arrow C, Fig. 3, as already described and the balls 9E and 98 will be positioned with respect to their cam cavities as shown in Fig. 7 as already'described and the lock bolt 88 will move in the direction of the arrow E, Figs. 4 and 6, as described, and will leave the keeper 28 of the lock as described. While the operating lever |58 is swung in thedirection of the arrow M the iiange 353 is bearing against the end |82 of the spring it.

It will be noted that the lock bolt 88 can be positioned with its locking nose in engagement with the locking face 32 of the keeper 28, and in such a case the door Ml will be positioned partly open.v Y

Attention is called to the fact that the mechanism of this invention and especially the means of moving the-lock bolt laterally can be applied to a latch. With the modification indicated in Figs. l2, 13, and 14, the lock bolt 88a is moved laterally by the coaction of the projection with the cavities 14a, and the coaction of projections |U5 with the cavities 84a. v

'I'he door 40 may be constructed in various ways and. in swinging connection with a. stationary structure or with a moving vehicle.

Various modifications may be made inthe invention and the present exemplications thereof are to be considered illustrative and not limitative thereof. Y

Havingl described my invention, I claim:

l. In a mechanism the combination of a housing, -members of the housing spaced fromeach member oppositely positioned to the cavities of the other member, a lock bolt pivoted to said housing between its members, means to swing the "lock bolt in opposite directions, balls supported in cavities in the opposite faces of the lock bolt, said balls coacting with their adjacent cam cavities to laterally move the lock bolt in opposite directions as said lock bolt is swung in opposite directions.

3. In a lockthe combination of a housing, members of the housing parallel to and spaced from each other, tapering cam cavities in each of said members, the cavities in one member oppositely positioned to the cavities of the other member, each of said cavities comprising a wall arcuate in cross section having a peak at one end and leading to a crown at its other end, a lock bolt having parallel faces pivoted to said housing lbetween said members, said lock bolt having semi-spherical cavities in its faces, and a ball supported in each of said cavities of the lock bolt, said balls each coacting with one of their adjacent cam cavities to laterally move the lock bolt in opposite directions as said lock bolt is" swung in opposite directions.

4. In a lock the combination of a housing, members for the -housing parallel to each other and spaced from each other, tapering cam cavities in each of said members, the cavities in one member oppositely positioned to the cavities of the other member, a lock bolt pivoted to the housing between its members, means to swing the lock bolt in opposite directions, tapering projections extending from the opposite faces of the lock bolt, said projectionscoacting with their adjacent cam cavities in the members of said housing to laterally move the lock bolt in opposite directions as said lock bolt is swung in opposite directions.

5. In a lock the combination of a housing, said housing comprising a main member and a cover parallel thereto constituting the second member, each of said members having cam cavities, a lock bolt pivoted in said housingbetween its members, a pair of operating noses integral with the bolt, a heel integral with the bolt, means coacting with the operating noses to swing the bolt in the same direction, means coacting with the heel to swing the bolt in the opposite direction and means for the bolt coacting with -the cam cavities of the members of the housing to` laterally move the bolt in opposite directions as it swings in opposite directions.

HERMAN M. GAss'rRoM. 

